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• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Pests and Parasites
  Animals
  Agriculture and Food
  Wild Animals
  Nature
   
  

  Hematophagy

  Hematophagy (sometimes spelled haematophagy) is the habit of certain animals of feeding on ... > more
• Trees
  Beer and Wine
  Mating and Breeding
  Ecology Research
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Invasive Species
   
  

  Red-cockaded Woodpecker

  About the size of the Northern Cardinal, the Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) is approximately 20-22 cm long, with a wingspan of about 35 cm. Its back is barred with black and white ... > more
• Lung Disease
  Lung Cancer
  Asthma
  Heart Disease
  Cystic Fibrosis
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  Lung

  The lung is the essential organ of respiration in air-breathing vertebrates. Its principal function is to transport oxygen from the atmosphere into the bloodstream, and to excrete carbon dioxide from ... > more
• Invasive Species
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Agriculture and Food
  Animals
  Mating and Breeding
  Food
   
  

  Honeybee

  Honeybees are a subset of bees which fall into the Order Hymenoptera and Suborder Apocrita. Of the approximately 20,000 known species of bees, there are eleven species within the genus Apis, all of ... > more
• Frogs and Reptiles
  Animals
  Wild Animals
  Fish
  Endangered Animals
  Extinction
   
  

  American Alligator

  The American Alligator has a large, slightly rounded body, with thick limbs, a broad head, and a very powerful tail. Males can weigh 500 lbs to over 1000 pounds; one American Alligator allegedly ... > more
• Cats
  Mammals
  Endangered Animals
  Animals
  Frogs and Reptiles
  Nature
   
  

  Leopard gecko

  Eublepharis macularius, commonly known as the Leopard Gecko, is a nocturnal ground dwelling gecko commonly found in the desert areas. In its natural environment, the leopard gecko lives under rocks ... > more
• Cats
  Mammals
  Endangered Animals
  Wild Animals
  Nature
  Animals
   
  

  Puma

  The Puma (Puma concolor), also known as the Cougar or Mountain Lion, is a large, solitary cat found in the Americas. It has a vast range, from Yukon Territory in Canada to the southern Andes of South ... > more
• Frogs and Reptiles
  Animals
  Endangered Animals
  Zoology
  New Species
  Mammals
   
  

  Tortoise

  The tortoise is a land-dwelling reptile which is of the order Testudines. Like their aquatic cousins, the turtles, tortoises are shielded from predators by a shell. The top part of the shell is the ... > more
• Evolutionary Biology
  Evolution
  Charles Darwin
  Nature
  Human Evolution
  Biology
   
  

  Convergent evolution

  In evolutionary biology, convergent evolution is the process whereby organisms not closely related (not monophyletic), independently evolve similar traits as a result of having to adapt to similar ... > more
• Animals
  Social Psychology
  Intelligence
  Dogs
  Autism
  Apes
   
  

  Mirror test

  The mirror test is a measure of self-awareness developed by Gordon Gallup Jr in 1970. The test gauges self-awareness by determining whether an animal can recognize its own reflection in a mirror as ... > more

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